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ICOMOS ISC20C Heritage Toolkit

A web-based toolkit of reference resources for conserving the Heritage of the Twentieth Century

This on-line reference collection of benchmark “best practice” documents is being progressively assembled by and for members of the ICOMOS ISC20C. The entries identify the range of work being done world-wide to simultaneously advance the development of heritage principles and technical research that is worth sharing to assist the conservation of Twentieth Century heritage.  

The ISC20C toolkit aims to share new methodologies and approaches to conservation practice, by providing access to information and sources that its own members find useful. All ISC20C members are invited to share up to 10 benchmark heritage tools (guidelines, policies, publications, websites) that they professionally  use regularly as reference resources - with a brief summary and a hyperlink or PDF where practical (and legal) to make them electronically accessible to everyone.

NOTE: The following thematic classification, under which the benchmark “best practice” documents have been sorted, has been developed using the Getty Conservation Institute  publication “Conserving Twentieth-Century Built Heritage: A Bibliography” as an organizing framework.

Contributions from all ISC20C members in every language are welcome.  

Sheridan Burke, ICOMOS ISC20C President

April 9, 2013


HERITAGE TOOLKIT:  TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: BASIC CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES

SECTION 2:  CONSERVATION OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

SECTION 3:  CONSERVATION OF SPECIFIC TWENTIETH-CENTURY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

SECTION 4:  SUSTAINABILITY AND ADAPTIVE REUSE OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY HERITAGE

SECTION 5: CASE STUDIES OF TWENTIETH -CENTURY HERITAGE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

SECTION 6: OTHER USEFUL HERITAGE CONSERVATION RESOURCES

REALLY USEFUL WEBSITES


SECTION 1: BASIC CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES

Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance

Australia ICOMOS, 1999

This document is the 1999 revision of the Burra Charter.

Click here to download [163 KB pdf] the Charter from the ICOMOS Australia website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance

English Heritage, 2008

The primary aim of the Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance is to support the quality of decision-making, with the ultimate objective of creating a management regime for all aspects of the historic environment that is clear and transparent in its purpose and sustainable in its application.

Click here to visit the English Heritage website for downloading the publication.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

The Illustrated Burra Charter: Good Practices for Heritage Places

M. Walker & P. Marquis-Kyle, Australia ICOMOS Inc., 2004

The Illustrated Burra Charter outlines the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter process for cultural heritage conservation. The Burra Charter is extensively applied and used throughout Australia, and has also been applied in countries of Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia.

Click here to visit the ICOMOS Australia website for further details and to download the order form for this publication  

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties

Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, The U.S. Department of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties are common sense historic preservation principles in non-technical language. They promote historic preservation best practices to help protect the United States’ irreplaceable cultural resources.

Click here to visit the Technical Preservation Services’ website for more information on the Standards.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

SECTION 2:  CONSERVATION OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

Guidelines for Evaluating and Nominating Properties that have achieved Significance within the Past Fifty Years

National Register Publications, National Park Service, The U.S. Department of the Interior

Click here to visit the National Park Services’ website for viewing the Guidelines.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

Heritage Interpretation Policy

NSW Heritage Office, 2005

Guidance on best practice in interpreting heritage places and objects

Click here to download [107 KB pdf] this document from the NSW Government’s Office of Environment and Heritage website, and also see Interpreting Heritage Places and Items  [120 KB pdf] 

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Industrial Heritage Re-tooled: The TICCIH guide to Industrial Heritage Conservation

J. Douet (ed.), 2012

The book is a compilation of the latest approaches to the conservation of industrial heritage presented by around thirty specialists. Some of the topics covered by this publication include: the scope of industrial heritage; re-use and re-purposing; listing and designation; sustainable development; industrial archaeology; museums and collections; documentation and recording; industrial tourism; and historic photographs and archives.

Click here to visit TICCIH website for further information on the publication and ordering a copy.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Stuart Tappin)

World Heritage Papers 5: Identification and Documentation of Modern Heritage 

UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2003

In order to gain better understanding, raise public awareness and promote inscription of Modern Heritage, study and evaluation of possibilities, establishment of criteria and selection of properties and sites is needed. To continue and complement the work done by ICOMOS in this field, two meetings were held at UNESCO Headquarters in February and October 2001 respectively to define direction and objectives for a Programme on Modern Heritage. This publication contains the position papers that were written to facilitate the debate during the October 2001 expert meeting. Its aim is to present a framework of conceptual thinking on the significance of Modern Heritage, its preservation and some of the pivotal issues concerning identification and valuation.

Click here to download [1.4 MB pdf] this publication from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sandra Uskokovic)


SECTION 3:  CONSERVATION OF SPECIFIC TWENTIETH-CENTURY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

Investigation and Repair of Historic Concrete

NSW Heritage Office, 2003

Practical advice on repairing reinforced concrete.

Click here to download [742 KB pdf] this document from the NSW Government’s Office of Environment and Heritage website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Preservation Briefs

Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, The U.S. Department of the Interior

Preservation Briefs provide guidance on preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic buildings. They help historic building owners recognize and resolve common problems prior to work.

Click here to visit the Technical Preservation Services’ website for more information on the Preservation Briefs.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)


SECTION 4:  SUSTAINABILITY AND ADAPTIVE REUSE OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY HERITAGE

Design in Context: Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment

NSW Heritage Office, RAIA NSW Chapter, 2005

Advice on designing high quality buildings in heritage areas

Click here to download [2.2 MB pdf] this publication from the NSW Government’s Office of Environment and Heritage website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Enabling Development and the Conservation of Significant Places

 English Heritage, 2008

The Enabling Development Guidance concentrates on those areas of practice that are particular to enabling development - and by extension other proposals where financial viability is a key issue.

Click here to visit the English Heritage website for downloading the publication.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties

ICOMOS 2011

The publication offers guidance on the process of commissioning Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs) for World Heritage properties in order to evaluate effectively the impact of potential development on the Outstanding Universal Value of properties.

Click here to download [4.3 MB pdf] this document from the website of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS International).

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Smriti Pant)

Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings

 Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, The U.S. Department of the Interior, 2011

Click here to download [2.2 MB pdf] this publication from the Technical Preservation Services’ website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Gunny Harboe)

Statements of Heritage Impact

NSW Heritage Office and Department of Urban Affairs & Planning, 1996/revised 2002

Originally published as part of the NSW Heritage Manual

Click here to download [34 KB pdf] this document from the NSW Government’s Office of Environment and Heritage website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Street Smart: Corporate Development in Historic Town Centres NSW Heritage Office, 1998

Policy for introducing new businesses into heritage town centres

Click here to download [4.3 MB pdf] this document from the NSW Government’s Office of Environment and Heritage website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)


SECTION 5: CASE STUDIES OF TWENTIETH -CENTURY HERITAGE CONSERVATION PROJECTS

Twentieth-Century Heritage Survey Stage 1: Post Second World War (1946-59)

 Overview History

S. Marsden, 2003-2004

This document, prepared for the Department of Environment and Heritage (South Australia) provides an overview history of the events and themes that characterize the physical, cultural and social development of the state of South Australia after World War II and identifies heritage places within this context.

Click here to download [1.47 MB pdf] this document from the website of the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Twentieth-Century Heritage Survey Stage 2: Post Second World War (1928-45). Volume 2

P. Bell, C. Cosgrove, S. Marsden & J. McCarthy, Historical Research Pty Ltd., 2008

This report, submitted to the Department of Environment and Heritage (South Australia), provides inventory sheets for key heritage places dating from1928-45.

Click here to download [10.2 MB pdf] this document from the website of the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.

 (From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)


SECTION 6: OTHER USEFUL HERITAGE CONSERVATION RESOURCES

Conserving Twentieth-Century Built Heritage: A Bibliography

 S. Macdonald & G. Ostergren (eds.), Getty Conservation Institute, 2011

This bibliography includes texts of international, national, and regional significance. It is organized as a subject bibliography and is structured so that users can easily expand upon it as needed to include specific local references or additional subject categories (such as twentieth-century landscape architecture design).

Click here to download [1.1 MB pdf] this Bibliography from the website of the Getty Conservation Institute.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Susan Macdonald)

Modern Heritage Properties on the World Heritage List

UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2012

Provides an overview of modern world heritage properties on the World Heritage List as on July 2012.

Click here to download [16 KB pdf] the list from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sandra Uskokovic)

Photographic Recording of Heritage Items Using Film or Digital Capture

NSW Heritage Office, 2001/revised 2004, 2006

A checklist for making an archival photographic record, revised in 2006 to include digital photography

Click here to download [174 KB pdf] this document from the NSW Government’s Office of Environment and Heritage website.

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sheridan Burke)

Regional Meetings on Modern Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

A brief overview of 5 regional meetings on modern heritage organised by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in collaboration with regional partner institutions between 2002-2005 respectively.

1st Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Latin America, 11-13 December 2002

2nd Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Asia and the Pacific, 24-27 February 2003

3rd Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Sub-Saharan Africa, 4-7 March, 2004 

4th Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage: North America, 10-12.November 2004

 5th Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage: Mediterranean Basin, 29-31 March 2005

(From personal reference resources of ISC20C member Sandra Uskokovic)


REALLY USEFUL WEBSITES

Australia ICOMOS Publications: http://australia.icomos.org/publications/other-publications/

Docomomo: http://www.docomomo.com/history.php#

English Heritage Publications:  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/

Historic Scotland Technical Conservation Publications: http://conservation.historic-scotland.gov.uk/home/publications.htm

UIA Twentieth Century Architectural Heritage Repository: http://www.archi.fr/UIA/